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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

4

Job Duties:

The role involves a wide range of responsibilities that span both crop production and livestock management, requiring a combination of technical, mechanical, and animal care skills. Key duties include preparing fields for planting by using tractors and various farm implements such as plows, discs, and seed drills. The role also involves operating and maintaining machinery for planting, fertilizing, spraying, irrigating, and harvesting crops, including tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, and irrigation systems. In addition to fieldwork, responsibilities include installing, maintaining, and repairing irrigation systems, particularly pivot systems, as well as monitoring crops and applying fertilizers and pesticides to control pests, fungi, weeds, and diseases. Loading and unloading crops, materials, and supplies using forklifts, conveyors, or transfer augers is also part of the role, as is performing routine maintenance and minor repairs on machinery and irrigation equipment. Transporting supplies, tools, and harvested crops using trucks is also necessary. In terms of livestock management, the role requires caring for animals by feeding, watering, grooming, and monitoring their health. It includes handling breeding tasks, such as artificial insemination, assisting with births, and providing basic veterinary care, administering medications, and arranging for professional treatment when necessary. Maintaining hygienic conditions in livestock pens and enclosures is essential, as is moving animals between grazing areas or for medical treatments. The role also involves pest control for livestock, including applying insecticides and disinfectants. Transporting animals, managing their health, and ensuring they have adequate food and water supplies are key components. Additionally, general farm maintenance is a significant aspect of the job, including the operation and upkeep of various farming equipment like tractors, trucks, sprayers, and harvesters. Routine maintenance and repairs on farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment are part of the job, as is assisting in maintaining farm buildings, fences, and other structures. The role also involves cleaning work areas, performing minor repairs on machinery, and ensuring all equipment is functional. Managing inventories of materials, supplies, and equipment is crucial for daily operations, and there may be occasional construction and maintenance of agricultural structures. Other tasks include maintaining the farm’s landscape, using tools such as weed-eaters for crop and plant care, and assisting with the packaging and shipment of agricultural products. Overall, this role demands versatility and the ability to balance a wide variety of tasks across crop cultivation, livestock care, and general farm upkeep, requiring both mechanical and animal care expertise to ensure the smooth running of daily operations. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer’s discretion.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements. Must be able to lift 100 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Bar J Farms & Cattle Inc

Location:

Levelland, TX 79336

Worksite

Address:

851 N FM 1780, Mort, TX 79379

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25013-613804

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

2/10/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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